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Planned NASA space telescope renamed after astronomer Nancy Grace Roman

The WFIRST mission will now be known as the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

Neutrinos provide insight into why matter dominates the universe, celebrating the Hubble Space Telescope’s 30th birthday

We chat about tiny but very useful particles and an astronomical achievement

Mars rover launch delayed until 2022

Coronavirus outbreak called "the straw that broke the camel's back" after glitches with the rover's parachutes and electronics

An artist's impression of the ExoMars rover on the surface of Mars.

Worlds beyond Earth

The Hayden Planetarium’s new space show has high production values and a strikingly earthy flavour, finds Robert P Crease

‘Beam rider’ technology keeps solar sails aligned

Prototype device passes an important preliminary test in the lab

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European Space Agency launches CHEOPS exoplanet mission

The Characterising Exoplanets Satellite will accurately measure the size of Earth-sized planets orbiting around nearby stars

Stepping stones to space

Tushna Commissariat interviews Libby Jackson, human exploration programme manager at the UK Space Agency, about her career and today's thriving space sector

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope assembled for the first time

Milestone as the two halves of NASA’s $8.8bn next-generation telescope are fitted together

Building a planet-sized telescope

A behind-the-scenes look at some of the hardware that made the Event Horizon Telescope – and the iconic first image of a black hole – possible

Members of the LMT team in front of the telescope in January 2017.

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